24 Mar 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1977
Page
1
Workers on the Broad Street pedestrian walkway focus on shielding a vigilant elderly man from construction vibrations rather than warmth amid ongoing site activity.
Parks and recreation sponsors the Oak Hollow Water Ski Club meeting tonight at the marina at 7. Call Chris Mapes at the P R office for details and future meeting dates. Water skiing lessons begin around the first of June.
Birmingham police hunt a highly educated suspect described as a trusted individual who abducted 11 year old Timothy King and killed him. King's body was found in a roadside ditch near Detroit with evidence of binding and possible sexual assault. The slayings mark a series of seven child murders in Oakland County over 14 months, with connections to other missing children in the northern suburbs.
Federal Court of Claims ruled the United States cannot be held liable for Allen Aaron Jackson's injuries after a tank ran over him during Army training at Ft. Riley in 1974. The court cited no binding enlistment promise to provide mechanic training or to shield from duty and noted no authority to award damages. Jackson, now severely disabled, may appeal.
CHARLOTTE AP Nearly fatally shot in 1975 Stegall, now 25, seeks to resume duties with the Highway Patrol despite better pay as a private security salesman. He was shot by a murderer after stopping a speeding driver Jones later jailed for murder kidnaping and assault. He returned to duty last August after two months healing.
The Carter administration urged raising the minimum wage from 2.30 to 2.50 an hour by July 1 with indexing to a percentage of average manufacturing wages. It aims to start at 50 percent of such wages and adjust annually, seeking to end irregular wage jumps. AFL-CIO wants 3.00 now with 60 percent indexing starting January 1978.
Morarji Desai, 81, sworn in as India's fourth prime minister after leading the Janata party to a historic election win. He vows nonalignment and to end special ties with the Soviet Union, calling for a foreign policy that serves India’s broader friendships. Desai faces Parliament with strong coalition support, aiming for fiscal conservatism and honest governance.
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